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Coated Metals
Fostoria has developed curing processes for powder coatings before. But the cost, cure time and finish quality were only part of the customer's concern. They needed the flexibility to cure many parts in the same oven. So, we designed and tested a "zone controlled" batch oven with the capacity to cure two wheels at a time. We were not only able to give the customer the versatility they needed, but at the same time, we offered a solution that reduced cure time by 20%
The additional benefit of this solution is a reduction in paint contamination because of the accelerated curing speed and the absence of air movement, which would be necessary in a convection curing system.
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Fostoria has designed and tested and 80kw
quartz-lamp infrared oven for a re-manufacturer of
semi-truck wheels. The customer switched from a
liquid solvent based paint to powder coating due to the
demand for a more durable finish on the product. 
Because the customer has
a variety of wheel shapes to cure the "zone
control" flexibility of infrared was
important. The oven was designed with zone control
to redistribute the heat "footprint" and
intensity of the heat to match individual products
without delaying production.
